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Flanders

Flanders

7.4
A region in northern Europe in the Middle Ages that included parts of northern France, Belgium, and the southwestern Netherlands
  • proper noun
translation icon : Flandes
  • If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep though poppies grow in Flanders Fields.

Examples

  • Countries, such as the Counts of Flanders, Dukes of Burgundy, as well as the Kings of Spain and France.

  • And now they remain forever in Flanders fields.

  • And that was the that was the mechanism that was operating on Flanders Fields.

  • Now, these tracks, which run through Net Cong, Flanders and Bud Lake were said to carry coal and other industrial fuel sources.

  • Rimon, Godfrey, you, Riber of Normandy, Riber of Flanders, Baldwin, even Stefan all died in battle.

  • The famous poem 'In Flanders Fields' commemorates soldiers who died in the region.

  • Flanders was known for its prosperous medieval cities that contributed greatly to trade.

  • Today, many tourists visit Flanders to explore its historical sites from the Middle Ages.

Compounds

Flanders poppy
  • UK
6.7

A bright red field flower often worn to remember soldiers who died in war

Surface Forms

Flanders main

Etymology

Flanders comes from an old Dutch name Vlaanderen, which meant 'flooded land' or 'marsh'. So in the Middle Ages the low, wet area was called Flanders, and that is why we use the name for the medieval region.